Chapter 5 - Twist
Valkyrie stared, unable to answer. The girl looked like an exact clone of herself, and the blank, unemotional stare she wore was very, very familiar. It was definitely her reflection, as she remembered it from her dream.
The girl spoke again, in Valkyrie's voice.
'...or am I?' she said, with a sudden, strange smile.
'What?' Valkyrie croaked.
'The truth is,' the girl said without answering Valkyrie's question, 'I don't know anymore.'
'You don't know what?'
'Whether or not I'm your reflection. Whether I'm Valkyrie Cain... or just a mindless copy. Am I Valkyrie, or are you Valkyrie? The distinctions get blurred. Maybe there is no difference at all.'
While Valkyrie tried to make sense of that, the girl went on: 'What are your memories of the last three years?'
'For the last three years,' Valkyrie said slowly, 'I was the magical partner of a skeleton detective and my name was Valkyrie Cain. Then I woke up and I was an ordinary magic-less girl called Stephanie Edgley.'
'Interesting,' the girl said. 'For the last three years, I was an ordinary magic-less girl called Stephanie Edgley. Then I woke up and I was the magical partner of a skeleton detective and my name was Valkyrie Cain. But I didn't know anything about the magical world, so I can tell you, I kind of struggled to adjust.'
Valkyrie stared.
Suddenly it all made sense.
It hadn't been a dream at all - she and the reflection had simply switched places somehow. She and the reflection were supposed to absorb each other's memories, but something had gone wrong and that was why she couldn't remember anything about school and the reflection couldn't remember anything about magic.
'But,' she said, 'how come I haven't seen you since we switched? Surely you still live here?'
'No,' the reflection replied. 'I live at Gordon's now.'
'Awesome,' she said, suddenly feeling as if the sun had come out. 'Let's just switch back then and we can get back to normal.'
The reflection's smile widened. 'Oh, I don't think so,' she said.
'I'm sorry?'
'As a mere reflection,' the reflection said, 'I couldn't do magic. But as a result of my overuse and my time spent with the skeleton detective... I learned. Look at this.'
She clicked her fingers and a fireball appeared in her palm.
'I can do magic,' she said in a whisper. 'And I'm not about to let go of that power.'
Before Valkyrie could react, she stepped forward...
... and shoved Valkyrie into the mirror.
YAY! PSYCHOTIC REFLECTION!
And I'm so happy. I have a plot (of sorts). FINALLY.
I know there are (still) some serious holes in it, but I'm not sure how to fix them. I'll get around to it, in the next few chapters hopefully.
If the storyline confuses you, it confuses me too... but it's starting to make more sense now XD
Please review and tell me what you think! xxx
